MRS. CLIFFORD'S, _June 1813._

_Saturday Evening._

Received Sneyd's letter. [Footnote: Announcing his engagement to Miss

Broadhurst. It was singular that this was the name of the heroine in

Miss Edgeworth's _Absentee_, who selected from her lovers the one who

united _worth_ and wit, in reminiscence of an epigram of Mr. Edgeworth

on himself, concluding--

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